5G vs LoRa: Inside the city of Calgary

#News(IoTStack) [ via IoTGroup ]

Headings…

5G vs LoRa: Inside the city of Calgary

Auto extracted Text……

As more residents move to city locations, government officials continue to adopt new smart solutions to better manage services improve quality of life and reduce operating expenses in a sustainable way.
LoRa Technology and low power wide area networks (LPWAN) based on the LoRaWAN protocol have emerged as a top option for cities as they look to deploy a smart infrastructure.
In effect, LoRa Technology is flexible for rural or indoor use cases across smart cities, homes and buildings.
LoRa Technology is also highly secure and offers an efficient, flexible and economical connectivity solution ideal for IoT applications whether indoor or outdoor and installed in public, private or hybrid networks.
Calgary was the first city in North America to deploy LoRaWAN-based networks.
Its smart city approach helped the city become more sustainable by bringing openness to data sharing and technology, as well as building trust and transparency with municipal government and citizens.
The City of Calgary worked with government officials to source funding in order to bring its vision of a City Network of Things Platform (CNoT) to life.
With help from various technology vendors such as Semtech, the City of Calgary was able to deploy more than 300 miles of dark fiber for a high speed reliable data network with 10 radio towers and Wi-Fi access points installed at traffic intersections.
Continued efforts to secure additional funding for the City’s underlying fiber backbone and new IoT network laid the groundwork for increased connectivity to provide coverage and data transfer capabilities for public safety organizations, water and waste management and transit organizations.
The range of smart city applications for Calgary is vast.
With help from the University of Calgary, the Urban Alliance is able to use LoRa-based sensors to characterize noise and create a use case on Calgary’s LoRaWAN based network

Read More..
AutoTextExtraction by Working BoT using SmartNews 1.02976805238 Build 26 Aug 2019